My favourite books – Facebook challenge

I have been asked by Jyothi Menon to list my 10 favourite books which have shaped me as a human being. So here goes:

Mahabharat – Upendrakishore Roychowdhury

Kheerer Putul – Abanindranath Tagore

Aranyak/Chander Pahar – Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay

Debi Chowdhurani – Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

Kaalbela – Samaresh Majumder

Sesher Kobita/Ghare Baire – Rabindranath Tagore

Prothom Protisruti/Subarnalata/Bokul Kotha – Ashapurna Debi

Aparajito – Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay

Srikanto – Saratchandra Chattopadhyay

First Person – Rituparno Ghosh

And no… I will NOT stop here… I have many more books to mention…

Feluda Series – Satyajit Ray

Sukumar Somogro – Sukumar Roy

Puraner Golpo – Leela Majumder

Fera – Taslima Nasreeen

The Hungry Tide – Amitav Ghosh

It is futile to even try to list names of your favourite books. You mention one and you are reminded of another. However I tried to limit myself to 15 books. I have not mentioned several other writers like Narayan Sanyal, Nabarun Bhattacharya, Suchitra Bhattacharya, Tilottama Majumder and so many other stalwarts of Bengali literature. I have not even dared to mention books in languages other than Bangla…